November 18, 2009

Team Notes: Cornell Embarks on Final Road Trip of Semester

The following article appeared November 18 on the Cornell Web site.


The Big Red embarks on its final roadtrip of the semester as it heads to Princeton and Quinnipiac this weekend. Cornell will face Princeton on Friday in a 7 p.m. contest before traveling to Quinnipiac for a 4 p.m. matchup on Saturday.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell split its two games last weekend, blanking #2 Clarkson, 2-0, before dropping a close 3-2 loss to perennial ECAC Hockey heavyweight St. Lawrence. The loss to the Saints broke a five-game winning streak for the Big Red, but the strength of the win over Clarkson kept the Big Red ranked in both national polls, including moving up three spots to seventh in the USA Today poll. Sophomore Catherine White leads the team in scoring with a total of 10 points, scoring three points last weekend on two goals and an assist. The defense has remained solid, allowing only 15 goals to rank seventh in the nation in scoring defense and anchoring the top-ranked penalty kill in the nation.Goaltender Amanda Mazzota continues to impress, earning a shutout in her past three Friday night games, giving her a career total of 5 shutouts. Mazzotta has a .918 save percentage and a 1.76 goals-against average through the first eight games of the season.

HEAD COACH DOUG DERRAUGH
In his fifth season behind the Big Red bench, Doug Derraugh has turned the Cornell women’s hockey program into one of women’s college hockey’s top young programs. Derraugh has a career record of 42-75-9, but has taken the Big Red to a back-to-back double-digit wins in each of the last two seasons, the first time the Big Red has done that since the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. He has also led Cornell to the ECAC Hockey playoffs in each of the last two years. Derraugh is assisted by Danielle Biloudeau, in her fourth season, and Edith Zimmering, in her first year with the Big Red.

Complete article can be accessed via the Cornell Web site by clicking here.